Enthusiasm of the Month
Blog URL http://enthusiasmofthemonth.blogspot.com/
Located Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Tags Books, Writing, Social justice, Technology, Emerging church
Personal fads in technology, books, social justice and fresh expressions of Christianity.
Latest Blog Posts
- a chunk of goodness on Oct 14, 2009 in sustainability poverty justice mission
It's chocolate week, apparently. Not a bad time to note that fairtrade consumption of the stuff in the UK has risen from £1m of sales in 1998 to £26.8m in 2008. The joys and power of consumer pressure.According to the same grauniad report, Cadbury'...
- Restoring my faith in independent bookshops on Jul 9, 2009
Spent part of my lunch hour at Topping & Co, Bookseller in Ely. It isn't huge, but it does restore your faith in the bookselling business.Unlike the big chains, the fiction shelves weren't crammed with the latest, ephemeral titles, prised into th...
- I want one of these on Jul 3, 2009 in technology ideas fun
Ah, technology...
- Reasons to write novels #34 on Jun 6, 2009 in ideas books writing
You learn more profoundly if you have to work it out.Here's St Augustine:no one disputes that is is much more pleasant to learn lessons presented through imagery, and much more rewarding to discover meanings that are won only with difficulty. (On Ch...
- The cannabis factories of Cambridgeshire on May 22, 2009
Here's how it works:1. It's run as a business by Vietnamese organized crime syndicates. Chased out of Canada by aggressive policing, they've arrived here.2. They find a nice detached house for rent in the kind of new-build neighbourhood where everyon...
- Tracking the sun, the old fashioned way on May 18, 2009 in sustainability technology fun
Solar panels don't move when the sun does, which is a drawback. Ideally you need some technology that moves them around automatically, so that they stay in the sun all day. The answer, as my daughter pointed out, is already to hand:There is an issue...
- Another one bites the dust on May 18, 2009 in fun
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